Essex

Name		Age	Occupation	Comments
Cabin Passengers
Aubrey	Arthur Herbert	18	Gentleman
	Charles	12	Gentleman
Steerage Passengers
Baily	Henry	23	Plumber
Batten	William	36	Shepherd	Widower
	William	17	Shepherd
	Matilda	15	Domestic Servant
	Sarah	14	Domestic Servant
	Emily	11
	James	9
	Mary Ann	7
	Susan	6
Bovey	John	36	Agricultural Labourer
	Jane	36
	John	13
Coade	Ephraim	20	Farmer
Davey	Samuel Lane	22	Agricultural Labourer
	Mary	24
	~~George~~	3	Name struck out. Note on passenger list Dead
	Elizabeth	3 months
Delaney	Millicent	39	Sempstress	Widow - mother to Maria O'Dell
	Alicia	18	Sempstress
Gribble	Elizabeth	18	Domestic Servant
Gribble	John	34	Agricultural Labourer
	Mary	32
	Catherine	12
	John	8
	William	4
Gribble	Samuel	19	Miner
	Grace	18
Harper	John	23	Miner
	Eliza	23
Harper	William	15	Miner
Harvey	John	36	Miner
	Grace	35
	William	15
	John	6
	James Essex			Born on Board
James	Samuel Johns	22	Agricultural Labourer
	Sarah	23
Jeffrey	John	42	Wheelwright
	Ann	43
	John	19	Wheelwright
	Mary Ann	17	Dressmaker
	Thomas	15	Wheelwright
Kestle	Abraham	30	Agricultural Labourer
	Johanna	30
	Pascoe	9
	Elizabeth	7
	Maria	4
Knuckey	Nicholas	34	Miner
	Zenobia	33
	Mary Jane	13
	Nicholas	9
	Margaret	7
	Oliver	4
	Elizabeth	1
Knuckey	Richard	29	Miner
	Jane	25
Moyle	Edward	23	Rope Walker
	Mary	23
Moyle	Julia	17	Sempstress
O'Dell	Thomas	29	Shepherd
	Maria	21
Old	Richard	46	Agricultural Labourer
	Jane	43
	James	10
	Christianna	8
	Fanny	7
	Mary Jane	2
	Jane	26	Farm Servant
	Robert	22	Agricultural Labourer
	John	20	Agricultural Labourer
	Margaret	19	Farm Servant
	William	18	Agricultural Labourer
	Martha	14	Domestic Servant
Pascoe	Nicholas	29	Miner
	Rachel	27
	Mary Ann	3
	Susan	2
Passmore	Henry	14	Cabinet Maker
Polkinghorne	William	21	Miner
	Ann	23
	William	6
	Daughter			Born on board
Radford	Catherine	35	Domestic Servant
Roberts	Philbert	45
	Silena	45
	Elizabeth	23
	Mary Ann	15
	Silena	13
Rogers	John	34	Agricultural Labourer
	Mary	34
	William	13
	Henry	12
	Mary	9
	Ann Maria	8
	Samuel	7
	Solomon	2
	Elizabeth Jane	9 months
	John	15	Agricultural Labourer
Rowe	Charles	22	Agricultural Labourer
	Susanna	20
Rowe	Henry	23	Agricultural Labourer
	Jane	18
Scandlyn	Richard	40	Agricultural Labourer
	Mary	40
	Richard	12
	Eliza	9
	John	18	Agricultural Labourer
	Elizabeth	17	Domestic Servant
	Thomas	15	Agricultural Labourer
Stephens	Thomas	19	Miner
Thomas	Richard	28	Shoemaker
	Johanna	27
	Nicholas	8
	Richard	4
Thompson	John	22	Agricultural Labourer
	Grace	25

JAMES family: Samuel Johns James and his wife Sarah (Nee Soady) arrived in NewPlymouth aboard the Essex, with no children. I only know the name of one child , Emily who was born in New Plymouth on the 20^th of August 1856. At the time Samuel’s death in 1893 he is listed as having seven surviving children, but I have not researched these as yet. Samuel Johns James was born in Devonport (The port area of Plymouth), about 1817, according to his death certificate. He started out in New Plymouth as an agricultural Labourer, but later had his own farm. I am descended from Emily, who went on to marry William Allen whose parents arrived in New Plymouth on the Amelia Thompson in 1841. Please feel to contact me if you think you may be related [email protected]

John OLD & Mary Jane KNUCKEY I am researching my family and have traced a number of people, but an interesting pair are John Old and Mary Jane Knuckey, who met on board the Essex in September 1842, he 20 and she 13, they got married eighteen months later on 15 feb 1845, having 14 children between 1846 & 1875. If you have a connection with this family or would like to learn more please contact John Butt.

ROGERS family: Mary and John Rogers arrived in New Plymouth on the Essex on 20th Jan, 1843 with their eight children from Crowan, Cornwall. Four more children were born in N.Z. John died 26th Sept 1853 aged 50 years, cause of death - decline (tuberculosis). Mary moved to a farmlet on Barrett Rd and took in a boarder, Joseph Cassidy. On 15th Sept 1854 Mary returned to the house from milking and was stabbed by Cassidy. She ran outside but he followed and continued to stab her. Although help was soon on the scene she died from her wounds. Cassidy was sent to trial in Auckland, convicted of her murder and sentenced to be "hanged by the neck until he be dead". He died in jail of natural causes. Among the descendents of John and Mary Rogers are the Stanford and Jones families of Taranaki and the Bellamy family of Ruawai.

DAVEY family: Samuel Lane Davey & his wife Mary Riddle came to NZ from Redruth in Cornwall. Samuel was born abt 1818, the son of Ambrose Davey & Ann Lean. He died 14 Mar 1904. Mary Riddle was born bef 19 Oct 1817, the daughter of George Riddle & Mary Davey. She died 29 Apr 1888. Samuel & Mary had at least 10 children. Some of the children were George, Elizabeth, William Thomas Riddle, Samuel, Clark, & Constance. Constance, born 10 Oct 1856, in Mangarei, New Plymouth, married John Harris in 1877 in Palmerston North. If you have a connection with this family or would like to learn more please contact Gary & Breda Anderson

HARVEY family: John and Grace (nee Williams) Harvey were another family from Redruth, Cornwall to arrive on the "Essex". They bought with them two of their surviving children - William born 1828 and John born 1836. On the voyage out Grace gave birth to another son, James Essex. John snr.was born about 1802 in Redruth, the son of James and Grace (nee Honey). Grace Williams was born about 1800. They were married 21^st. January 1827 at Redruth. After their arrival at New Plymouth, they lived at Omata and John died in 1850. Grace later remarried and became Mrs W. Jones. Their deaths are recorded in St. Marys church New Plymouth, so probably they were buried in the churchyard. The eldest son, William married Mary Parker who was born about 1832 in Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland. The couple were to have a large family – 16 children including twins, one of whom died in infancy. Another son, George, drowned in the wreck of the "Ly-ee-Moon", off Green Cape, Australia in 1886. It would appear that William and Mary were blessed with around 66 grandchildren. If you have connections with this family or would like to know more, please email John Skinner.